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Humility occasioned, by the consideration of our former and present condition. [ 1029]

JAcob humbles himself,* 1.1 when his brother Esau came against him; he knew him∣self to have been poor, and in a low condition: O Lord, saies he, I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of all thy truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant: For with my staffe I passed over this Iordan,* 1.2 and now I am become two bands. And are there not many in this great City, that came hither with a stick in their hands, a freez-coat on their backs, and a little spending mony in their purses; poor servants then, God wot!* 1.3 but now they have gotten two bands, wife and children, mony and trading. The consideration of these things, how God hath dealt with them from time to time, in the time of ••icknesse and sorrow, in the time of health and pro∣sperity; how he hath brought them from one condition to another, from a condi∣tion of want, to a condition of plenty; and from a condition of abundance, to a con∣dition of want again: I say, the consideration of these things, (if they have any grace) is matter enough to humble them.

Notes

• * 1.1

  S. Fawce•• Ser. at S. Alphage Lond.
• * 1.2

  Gen. 32. 10.
• * 1.3

  Tanto quisa{que} de∣bet esse humi∣li••r, &c. Greg. homil. 9. in Matth. 15.